Recent content by chuckfryer

That was it. So much for my rookie "try everything at random" approach. Thanks again.

Tracked down and repaired the bad data line connection from PowerLogger to Scanmaster. Installed fuel pressure sensor. Reloaded the PL024d.s19 file. Now PowerLogger seems to read and display everything normally and accurately on my laptop, including O2 and the new fuel pressure, but...

Yeah, must have lost the signal/data wire connection to Scanmaster. It has power, so there's just one open connection to track down. Thanks for your help thinking this through.

Hi, Bob. Your new Scanmaster-G looks interesting, but I still have the old model and my version of PowerLogger offers no "G" option. I upgraded to v2.2 some time ago along with the new PROM. (You know, the new chip installed in the Scanmaster unit.) Could I have damaged that chip somehow?

Updated Scanmaster and PowerLogger were working fine for years. Attached fuel pressure sensor to PL data block. Now PL receives and displays data as before, including new FP reading, but the Scanmaster display has basically gone dark. At key-on, Scanmaster displays "SCN 2.2" for a second...

Hi, V-8 Eater: I'd like to buy your flexpate. How shall we proceed? If convenient, give me a call at 503-706-4530. Thanks, Chuck Fryer

Good suggestions, thanks. So I've tested and the following are good: cam position sensor, throttle position sensor, idle air control valve, mass airflow sensor and manifold absolute pressure sensor. A friend (who builds his own engines and burns his own chips) thinks it might be a failing...

Engine has begun missing and stuttering just off idle. Idles fine and runs strong and smooth with more throttle. This developed and got worse over about a month. In the beginning it only happened during the first several minutes of driving. Now it's constant. Engine parameters bounce...

Nice job, Triple C! My Dad once brought home a new, PINK, Buick Wildcat . . . GM called that color "Canyon Tan."

'87 GN, lots of mods but none recently except for a switch to vacuum brakes. Problem appeared out of nowhere a week ago: at TPS of about .70 to .85 the engine cuts in and out. Lower than .70 and higher than .85 it runs fine. RPMs are in the 1800-2000 range when it happens. Powerlogger...

Rebuilt my engine last fall and I'm recently getting a 32 malfunction code: error in the EGR system. Does anyone have a trick for removing the EGR valve without first removing the valve cover? There's a 1/2" (13mm?) bolt securing the hold-down clamp that hides under the vacuum unit. It's...

'87 GN 3.8L I've wiped the #3 exhaust cam lobe three times. I read somewhere that GM put out a number of 3.8L turbo Buick blocks with a misaligned tappet bore(s). I read that Buick solved the problem by using specially built cams that had lobes positioned to deal with the offset(s) from spec...

Need oil cooler adaptor for '87 3.8 Buick Turbo V6.